Iran

TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel expressed regret over the Israeli regime’s continued crimes and brutality against Palestinians, and reminded that the city of Gaza is now experiencing an extensive human catastrophe.

TEHRAN (FNA) Despite sanctions, Iran has made many progresses which could be copied by other countries, Kenya’s ambassador to the Islamic Republic said here on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s foreign exchange reserves rose 27.4 per cent in the 12-month period ending October 22, reaching the equivalent of more than $70 billion.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iran, holder of the world’s second- largest gas reserves, may finalize a gas export pipeline agreement with India “within a few weeks,” the Iranian Oil Ministry’s press agency Shana reported, citing Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance.

TEHRAN (FNA) Half of Iran’s hand-woven carpet exports are destined for the US, head of the National Center for Iranian Carpet said here on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA) US President George Bush is making hasty efforts to correct his abundant mistakes in this last year of his presidency, but he won’t succeed in doing so, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar said.

TEHRAN (FNA) Senegal’s Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio voiced pleasure in the expansion of his countries’ relations with Iran, and said he would pay a state visit to Tehran in the near future.

TEHRAN (FNA) Mexican deputy foreign minister voiced her country’s preparedness to attend a third round of joint economic cooperation commission meetings with Iran in 2008.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a message on Sunday demanded secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to arrange an extraordinary meeting of the OIC foreign ministers to deal with the inhuman crimes committed by the Zionist regime of Israel in Gaza.

TEHRAN (FNA) An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted the region of Tabas in Iran’s central province of Yazd on Sunday.